#BCA09C#BCA09C

#BCA09C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.034 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA09C
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(8, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(8, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 9.63, 5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 11.29, 31.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0299 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.034 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3105, 38.2344, 36.7553)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA09C #9CB8BC

analogous

#BC9CA8 #BCA09C #BCB09C

triadic

#BCA09C #9CBCA0 #A09CBC

tetradic

#BCA09C #A8BC9C #9CB8BC #B09CBC

square

#BCA09C #A8BC9C #9CB8BC #B09CBC

split-complementary

#BCA09C #9CBCB0 #9CA8BC

monochromatic

#845F59 #A37D78 #BCA09C #D5C3C0 #EDE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BCA09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BCA09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA09C

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA09C	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.034 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcb9',
    500: '#bca09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca09c;
$custom-light: #d0bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.03372,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA09C

secondary

#D5DEDF

accent

#939E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA09C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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